Daily note for 2 August 2023

This is an extremely important thread for anyone wanting to understand the financial pressures felt across local government (and no, it’s not related to solar farms…) https://twitter.com/JackTShaw/status/1683415430126247936 Following on from my post about where we are with digital and technology in local government, I have been trying to put some thought into an idea around … Keep reading

Daily note for 1 August 2023

Not published one of these for a while. Newsletter went out yesterday, with a long article I wrote at the weekend about the local digital declaration and where things are at: https://www.davebriggs.email/p/daveslist-volume-3-issue-7 Some great, addictive little browser games in here: https://kottke.org/23/07/your-favorite-addictive-flash-games-back-from-the-dead Does the browser need reimagining? These folk seem to think so: https://arc.net/ – I … Keep reading

Daily note for 26 July 2023

I sent a newsletter – https://www.davebriggs.email/p/daveslist-volume-3-issue-6 “Maybe the real design tool was all the conversation we had along the way” https://www.dxw.com/2023/07/maybe-the-real-design-tool-was-all-the-conversation-we-had-along-the-way/ Am consistently impressed with dxw’s blogging. Always authentic, always helpful. Very rarely sales-y. Last weekend we started watching the Mission:Impossible films in order. Fair to say they are of variable quality. However, my favourite … Keep reading

Daily note for 24 July 2023

My piece about single customer accounts seems to have gone down quite well in most parts. My focus in the last year has mostly been on people and capability stuff, and before that on some of the trickier IT problems facing councils. It’s great that my current work in Lambeth is giving me the chance … Keep reading

Daily note for 21 July 2023

I wrote about why I don’t think single user accounts are a good thing for local councils: https://sensibletech.co.uk/should-you-develop-a-single-customer-account/ – also sent as a newsletter https://www.davebriggs.email/p/daveslist-volume-3-issue-5 Matt ‘Jukesie’ Jukes is looking for work. You should hire him! https://digitalbydefault.com/2023/07/20/whats-next/ I keep seeing this image popping up in various online places, and it sums up exactly where a … Keep reading